p8027018 TAKSIM SQUARE COMPETITION ORCHARD OF POMEGRANATES
IDEA
Our idea for Taksim Square is to bring the public urban transport network and a plantation of fruit trees for the centre of a metropolitan life.
We believe that the combination of these two worlds: the transport network and the plantation of fruit trees; within the same space, would bring to Taksim Square a strong character for the everyday life of people. After a long journey one can pick up a pomegranate for himself. Not only the city offers a function urban transport network but also a reward to their inhabitants.
The whole piazza would be covered with a grid of pomegranate trees, with their red fruit. On the pavement level there would be red Earth for trees to get water and a pavement of red asfalt for circulation of people and transport network.
This carpet of red pavement punctuated by trees offers a dissolution of the density of the urban fabric, remaining essential for social life and climatic comfort.
Our idea for Taksim Square is to bring the pubIf during the day the space is illuminated by Sun. During night a ballon lantern of light illuminates from above the whole area. An Industrial version of a Japanese “paper lantern� made out of a translucid fabric suitable for external use.
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SPRING
April
new leaves start growing
March
May
Febuary
leaves and blossoms June
January
July
SUMMER
WINTER August
December
November
September October
fruit ripe and leaves start falling off
AUTUMN
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leaves and ripening fruit
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